A single-primer PCR-based retroviral-related DNA polymorphism shared by two distinct human populations

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 662-668

  Deb, Paromita ^a   Klempan, Timothy A ^a   O'Reilly, Richard L ^a   Singh, Shiva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dogrib Indian; Evolution; Human genome; Polymorphism; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RETROVIRUS;

UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032193609     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g98-072     Document Type: Article

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